Oakland, California-based Andrew Langley has written a tutorial based on his experience hacking the 15″ Hasbro Interactive R2D2. He’s even included a mini-projector in the build to give R2 that realistic feel. Read about it here or watch the video below.
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Raspberry Pi B+ HATs start to emerge
Ever since the Raspberry Pi HATs (Hardware Attached to Top) were announced, there has been an unspoken ‘race’ to see who would get theirs out first. The Raspberry Pi Foundation are already working on their own one, although we don’t…
Upcoming Picademy dates for Raspberry Pi educators
The Raspberry Pi Foundation have just announced the next two sets of dates for their free training course for teachers, Picademy. The dates are: 29th & 30th September 2014 27th & 28th October 2014 If you are a teacher, you can…
TurtlTeck robotics kit from Ryan Walmsley
I don’t normally cover non-Raspberry Pi stuff, but this is one of those rare occasions. Ryan Walmsley, creator of the RyanTeck Motor Controller Board for the Raspberry Pi, has just launched a Kickstarter campaign for his latest product: the TurtlTeck. The…
Canal Museum art installation with a Raspberry Pi
DesignSpark user Nye Thompson was invited to create a piece of artwork to be displayed at the Canal Museum in London. She took the Pi, added a camera module and a projector and created the installation, called SLURP!, so that…
Raspberry Pi Junkbot made out of a drinks can
Hayden Tetley and Scott Turner have created a robot out of a drinks can, an electric motor and a Pi. They’ve used the PiRoCon motor board to control the motor and a lot of sticky tape! See the video below.…
Make a Raspberry Pi powered Big Trak
Leo White has written an article over at Linux User in which he takes a Big Trak, a few other components (like a motor driver board) and converts it to use a Raspberry Pi. Leo’s an expert on hacking Big Traks (I’ve…
Turn a Raspberry Pi PiTFT into a digital frame with a USB stick
Spencer Organ has taken a Pi, the PiTFT and a USB stick, merged them all together and created a small digital photo frame. This is a great use for the PiTFT (although it doesn’t use the touchscreen… yet) and I…
Touchscreen menu using the Raspberry Pi, PiTFT and PyGame
Over at UK Tech Reviews, Spencer Organ has been developing a PiTFT touchscreen menu system using PyGame. It’s in the early stages and the buttons don’t do anything yet, but he’s shared his code so far and will be expanding…
Win a robotics kit with Linux User magazine
Linux User magazine, in association with the Little British Robot Company, are giving away a Makeblock Starter Robot Kit to one reader who: Likes the ‘Win a RasPi robot’ post on Facebook Retweets the ‘Win a RasPi robot’ post on Twitter Shares a photo of…